Senkyoshigo

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Senkyoshigo
Spoken in: Japan
Total speakers:
Language family: English-Japanese mixed language
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: mis
ISO 639-3: –

 

Senkyoshigo (宣教師語 Senkyōshigo "missionary language") is a mixed language spoken by English speaking Mormon missionaries in Japan. Its grammar and function words are English, while most of its content words are from Japanese.

[edit] Examples

Examples of Senkyoshigo are as follows:

“ Hey dode [partner, from doryo], okinasai [wake up]! It’s time I got a start on asagohan [breakfast] so we can have some oishii [tasty] muffins before benkyokai [study meeting]. You’re dish-chan [responsible for washing the dishes] this week, so you go take the first fud [bath, from ofuro]. Come on in and I’ll show you how to tsukeru [turn on] the mono [thing].[1] ”

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Smout, Kary D. (1988). "Senkyoshigo: A Missionary English of Japan". American Speech 63: 137–149. doi:10.2307/454418. 

[edit] References

  • Smout, Kary D. (1988). "Senkyoshigo: A Missionary English of Japan". American Speech 63: 137–149. doi:10.2307/454418. 

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